Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy on Monday called upon Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi to step down from office as the Centre had allegedly brushed aside her recommendations on certain important issues and approved the decisions of the elected government here.
Addressing reporters, the Chief Minister, who has been at loggerheads with the Lieutenant Governor on various administrative issues ever since she assumed office in 2016, said, "The decisions taken by the goverment to waive loans due from farmers, raise the age-limit from 22 to 24 for recruitment to posts of police constables, setting up of statutory bodies like boards and corporations and also to take action against a school headmaster for irregularity in attendance were rejected by Bedi."
He said he was also aghast at the Lieutenant Governor holding a meeting of police officers and beat officers of the police department on Saturday in the Pondicherry University "without my knowledge as there was no formal communication to me about the meeting."
Asked if he would write to the Centre seeking replacement of Kiran Bedi as Lieutenant Governor in view of her alleged non-cooperative stance, the Chief Minister said, "I have written a good number of letters to the Centre already highlighting the difficulties caused by the former IPS officer."